Undergarment.



L. Toms.l UNDERGARMENL APPLICATION FILED SPT. 25. 1915.

1 1 9 l ,369. Patented July 1,8, 1916.`

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NiTED srnrns PATENT orrion.

LOUIS TOPKIS, F WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

UNDERGA'RMENT.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs Terms, a citizen of the United States,residing at W11- -mingtom in the county of New Castle and State ofDelaware, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements inUndergarments, of which the following is a speciL fication.

My invention relates to improvements in undergarments, the object of theinvention being to provide an undergarment with an improved constructionof ventilated crotch which is' especially adapted for use in connectionwith union suits, drawers, or other similar garments, and which not onlyper' mits of a certain amount of elasticity, but

also allows ventilationto render the gar ment comfortable to the wearer.

A further object is to provide an imj;

proved construction of crotch in which flexile woven material isemployed two thicknesses, which gives the necessary strength anddurability, and provide in thel double thickness of material sewed orem.- broidered eyelets which permita free circulation of air through thecrotch, and also operate as a connecting medium between the twothicknesses of material.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel' features 'of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts as willbe more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figurel is a view in front elevation of anundergarf ment having my improved construction of crotch.- Fig. 2 is aplan view of the crotch when flattened out', and Fig. 3 is a view insection on line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

1 represents the garment which majr constitute a union suit as shown,and which is i provided with legs 2, 2.

3 represents the improved crotch which is widest at its center, andtapers te both ends,l

Specification of Letters Patent.

' 'rai-enten July 18,1916.

I Application filed September 25, A19145. Serial N o.- 52 .555Alstitching 5. These stitches aie so made thatA they permit the goods` toexpand and contract without tearing the stitches, and they extendtransversely of the crotch at the edges of the sheet 4 as shown clearlyin Fig. 2. In the double thickness of material at the center of the`crotch, I provide eyelets 6 which are of the type known as embroideredor stitched eyelets, the'thread's forming the ".5

eyelets extending through both thicknesses of material andoperating toform the open-l ings, and also to secure the no vthicknesses of materialtogether. The material lof the crotch may, of course, be varied, ,but 1use preferably what 1s known on themarket as webbing, and the twothieknesses are so connected that the material can stretch malldirections, yet securely hold the several'- parts of the garmenttogether, ,and provide a smooth ventilated crotch vmost eflicientlyperforming the functions for which itis intended.

Various slight changes might be made in 4the generalform and arrangementof parts described without departing from my invention, and hence 1 I donot -limit myself -to the precise details set forth, but consider myselfat liberty to make such changes and alterations :is-fairly fall `withinthe spirit and scope of the appended claims. i

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecureby Letfv ters Patent is:

1. A garment having leg portions with an opening adjaccntthe crotchthereof, a

piece of flexible material fitting said opening and having its edgessecured to the edges provid-ing said opening, said piece having holesproviding vents therein, a second piece of flexible material havingopposite edges in aliiiiement with and secured by stitching to oppositeedgesof said first piece, said second piece liavi g two other edgeswhichare secured by resili ynt ,stitches to said 'rst piece,

said second piece having holes in alinement with the holes of said firstpiece and forming vents, the edges forming the vents of each of saidpieces being bound by stitching` which passes through and secures bothof' said pieces together, substantially as described.

2. A garment having legportions with" an opening adjacent the crotchthereof, said opening having opposite -portions produced by convergingedges which intersect eachjothei', a piece of flexible ma iio ,-terialiigtingjsaid opening and.l edges' secured `eothe a opening, saidpiece having holes having its edges providing said providing a secondpiece of fiexible mave'nts therein, l

' opposite edges 1n aliuement terlel having with1 and secured by edgesof seid irst'piece, said second piece having -iwo other 4edges whichspan the tpered portion of said iii-si: piece and` are secured theretoby elastic "stitching, seid second piece hevingvhoics in alinemen't withtheholesofseid rst piece and iormiufv Stitching to opposite meme@ Louis@omis Witnesses.:

CHARLES ROCLHMAN,y D J. )[NELL.

